Bilateral diffuse lamellar keratitis following consecutive selective laser trabeculoplasty in LASIK patient

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 847-849

  Holz, Huck ^a   Pirouzian, Amir ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMATOPROST; BRIMONIDINE; DICLOFENAC; PILOCARPINE; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; DIFFUSE LAMELLAR KERATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE IRRITATION; EYE REFRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE INJURY; TRABECULOPLASTY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREDNISOLONE; SURGICAL FLAPS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 77951817283     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.11.024     Document Type: Article

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